WAN Installation

Agency:	Leon County School District
State:	Florida
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541512 - Computer Systems Design Services 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
Posted Date:	Dec 9, 2025
Due Date:	Jan 9, 2026
Solicitation No:	109-2026
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Addendum #002

Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) 109-2026

Wide Area Network (WAN) Installation

Date: December 09, 2026

Solicitation: ITN 109-2026 Wide Area Network (WAN) Installation

Bid Opening: January 09, 2026, at 2:00 P.M. EST

Failure to file a protest within the time prescribed in Section 120.57(3), Florida Statutes, or failure to

post the bond or other security required by law within the time allowed for filing a bond shall constitute

a waiver of proceedings under Chapter 120, Florida Statutes.

This Addendum provides the Board's written answers to the timely written questions received.

Question

Answer

1. Ask for an extension due to the holidays?

2. Exhibit A only shows 1 x 10G but the SOW shows 2

x 10G circuits (page 11 current WAN design)?

There are 2 10G

3. What is the main difference between the Leased LIT

and Leased Dark Fiber option if managed layer 3

routing, switching and power equipment is required

for both options?

Layer 3 managed services are expected to be included

for all equipment associated with the proposed design.

While the standard approach assumes that all necessary

equipment will be owned, managed, and maintained by

the Awardee, the District is open to considering

alternative solutions that meet service and performance

requirements. Any costs associated with the chosen

equipment and service model must be clearly

represented as part of the monthly recurring charge.

4. For the LDF option can the service provider only

provide the Dark Fiber for connectivity between sites No

and end user LIT the fiber with their own equipment?

5. For the Leased LIT option can the service provider

provide Layer 2 connectivity and end user provide

Layer 3 routing capabilities?

6. Is a single fiber lateral and entrance cable acceptable

to all remote locations that is not deemed a Hub or

Yes

Agg site?

Question

Answer

7. Is it mandatory to provide managed layer 3 routing,

switching and power equipment for the LDF option?

Yes

8. At each location, hub, agg or remote what type of

device will the service provider circuit be connecting to Cisco or Meraki OSPF routing

and is static routing or dynamic routing required?

9. If Leon County Schools main hub site fails, does Leon

County Schools have a DR location?

10. Who is the service provider for the 2 x 10G Internet

circuits?

Lumen

11. Are both Internet circuits located at the Leon

County Schools main hub site?

Yes 520 S. Appleyard dr.

12. Does Leon County Schools host any applications in

Azure or AWS cloud?

Yes

13. Are the schools that are listed twice require two

circuits and is the demarc for each circuit the same?

No 1 Demarc per site

14. Is there a threshold to the one-time construction

charges that would be over the budget of what the

district would allow?

Per E-Rate rules, the District will accept all proposals that

include Special Construction and will award to the most

cost-effective solution.

15. On the RFP the bandwidth is listed with scalable as

a requirement, but scalable bandwidth is not

requested on your FCC Form 470?

16. For sites with two separate schools/BEN’s, is only

one circuit required, or will each BEN require their own

dedicated circuit?

o 3955 W Pensacola St

 Leon County Media Center –

BEN 127598

 Leon County Virtual School –

BEN 16084496

o 3397 W Tharpe St

 Leon County Construction –

BEN 16030293

 Leon County Facilities Planning

– BEN 16030291

o 854 Blountstown St

 Success Academy at Ghazvini

Learning Center – BEN 35265

The 470 minimum bandwidth request of 10 Gbps with a

maximum of 100 Gbps.

One Circuit

The Leon County Virtual School is ineligible for E-Rate

funding and was listed by mistake. It should not be

considered as part of your network design.

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Question

Second Change at Ghazvini Learning Center – BEN

16031060

Answer

17. For clarification, will Leon County School District

consider utilizing the respondent’s existing master

service agreement with the School District as a

baseline?

18. Will the State consider the inclusion of

Respondent’s applicable service schedules for the

Yes

services set forth in the RFP?

19. Will Leon County allow negotiation of additional

terms upon an award?

20. May proposers submit exceptions to the RFP’s

terms and conditions?

21. Layer 3 Managed Services:

▪ Please confirm that full Layer 3 routing and network

management is required for all proposed solutions.

▪ Will the District retain any control over routing

policies, or is this fully vendor-managed?

See answer to #3

22. Equipment Ownership & Cost:

▪ Does “equipment necessary for the service to

function” include core routers, switches, and firewalls,

or only WAN-specific hardware?

▪ Should equipment refresh during the contract term

be included in the monthly recurring cost?

WAN specific hardware

Yes on equipment refresh

23. Fiber Design Options:

▪ If proposing Leased Dark Fiber, will the District

provide and manage Layer 3 equipment, or is the

vendor still responsible for Layer 3 services?

▪ Are hybrid solutions (combination of lit and dark

fiber) acceptable?

See answer to #3

Yes to Hybrid

24. Bandwidth & Scalability:

▪ What is the minimum and target bandwidth per site?

▪ Are there future scalability requirements (e.g.,

10Gbps or higher)?

10Gbps Minimum scalable to 40 Gbps 100 Gbps at Hub

sites and Data center

25. Service Level Agreements:

Section 2.6 PG 14 of the ITN

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Question

▪ What uptime guarantees and penalties for non-

compliance are required?

▪ Are there specific response and repair time

requirements for outages?

Answer

26. Transition & Cutover:

▪ Is there a required timeline for migration from the

current network to the new solution?

▪ Will there be a dual-running period for testing?

27. Security Requirements

▪ Are there specific cybersecurity standards (e.g., NIST,

CIPA compliance) that must be met?

▪ Should the vendor provide firewall and filtering

services as part of Layer 3 management?

LCSD requests that all locations be activated by

6/30/2026. If unable to meet that deadline, vendors

must provide a detailed timeline for bringing all sites

online in their response.

Dual network yes

CIPA Compliance is not requested on this ITN.

No Nist

No firewall or filtering services are requested on this ITN.

28. Evaluation Criteria

▪ How will proposals be scored between lit fiber vs.

dark fiber solutions?

▪ Is cost weighted more heavily than technical

capability?

Both Dark and Lit Fiber services will be evaluated using

the criteria provided on ITN pages 22-24

Yes, Cost of eligible goods and services is the most

heavily weighted criteria at 35%

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